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Effectively, the demonstrations arrive in waves. Ebb tide and high tide. None of the demonstrations are authorized, they just happen. This morning it's the high school students that take to the streets. For most of them it's their first time and you can feel the freshness.

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The goddess of victory, Nike, looms in the background.

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Children

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"Ignorance is Gelmini's child. We rebel against this band of cretins!!!!"

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by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Fri Oct 31st, 2008 at 09:16:30 PM EST
Does Italy have a similar tradition to France, where pretty much every generation of high school pupils gets a round of demonstration at one point of their studies ? The French governments are kind enough to put forward some education/youth job market "reform" every three years or so, so that high schoolers get the chance to demonstrate...

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by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Sat Nov 1st, 2008 at 08:17:39 PM EST
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Just about every government has sought to make a ridiculous reform, completely ignoring the propositions put forth by faculty and student representatives. This however is not so much a reform as a massive budget cut with iritating garnish such as one teacher in grade school. At present each grade school class has minimum two if not three teachers.

But actual mass demonstrations occured in the 60's, 1977, the panther movement in the 90's. All other reforms did not see this mass mobilization.

by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Sun Nov 2nd, 2008 at 04:19:08 AM EST
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